The Killer
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- Dictionarykiller/ˈkɪlə/
noun
- 1. a person or thing that kills: "there's a killer on the loose" Similar
- 2. an extremely difficult or unpleasant thing: informal "the shift system was a killer"
adjective
- 1. denoting a person or thing that kills: "a killer virus"
- 2. extremely difficult or unpleasant: informal "I woke up with a killer hangover"
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KILLER definition: 1. someone who kills another person: 2. something that kills people, especially a disease or other…. Learn more.
Police are hunting his killer. Heart disease is the biggest killer in Scotland. an electric insect killer; see also giant-killer, killer instinct, ladykiller, serial killer
Noun Heart disease is the leading killer of both men and women. The chemical is used as a weed killer. Adjective killer viruses that claimed millions of lives a killer exercise program guaranteed to whip you into shape. But when neurons die due to injury, age or a disease such as Alzheimer’s, microglia become sidetracked, turning into killers ...
You can refer to something that causes death or is likely to cause death as a killer. Heart disease is the biggest killer of men in most developed countries. [ + of] Synonyms: cause of death, scourge, fatal illness, plague [informal] More Synonyms of killer. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Synonyms for KILLER: headache, job, beast, bear, burden, effort, chore, labor; Antonyms of KILLER: setup, breeze, snap, duck soup, cinch, kid stuff, child's play, healthy.
A person or thing that ends someone’s life is a killer. In terms of a person, killer is often used interchangeably with murderer. However, killer can refer to someone who killed another person by accident, while murderer is not used in that sense. Real-life examples: John Wilkes Booth was Abraham Lincoln’s killer. Jack the Ripper was an ...
noun. someone who causes the death of a person or animal. synonyms: slayer. see more. noun. the causal agent resulting in death. “heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States”. synonyms: cause of death. see more.
